The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-30
General sportin. Notes.

General Sporting Notes.
The Baltimore race meeting will begin on
MAY 8.
The Missouri Legislature has pool bill be-
fore it.
VIM Sowders has signed for next season with
the Maroons.
There are eightyeix horses left in the Ken
lucky Derby to date.
No hall player in the Louisville club gets over
81, 800 for the season.
Congressman O'Ne;n is no longer director
OF the St Louis Browns.
Mr. Pierre Lorillard. jr., has ten horses in
training at Jerome Park
II is said that there are sixty-seven horses that
have record of 21S and better.
The Cincinnati team is contemplating a trip to
New Orleans in March for practice.
During the year 1886 there were 1928 races
run in the United States. and 81, 233, $50 won.
White & Co., of Lexington. have paid $50, $50
for the pool privileges OF The Latonia race meet
ings
Real Indians are taking to baseball Legg
the catcher of the Oshkosh club is redskin by
birth.
Veach. Sowders. Hale and a number of other
players are in daily practice at the Virginia
avenue Rink.
Jem Mace will leave for America in March
with his string of unnamed English boxers
Henry j. Rice, of New York, will be manager.
The Enquirer yesterday states that the Ma
rooms and Kansas City will both disband. The
| latter have already given up their League fran
chise, and it was their intention to enter the
Western Association.
1t has been arranged between the presidents
of the Oxford and Cambridge University boat
clubs that the next university boat-race shall be
rowed on Saturday, March 5. between the hours
of and o'clock in the afternoon.
Many of the stakes of the Western jockey
clubs have failed to fill we'll because of the de-
termination of Western owners to race their
horses In the East. The country isn't yet big
enough for all the jockey clubs They have
come into existence too rapidly, and yet three
more are talked of.
Johnny Reagan has been challenged by Jack
MCGEE, of Boston, a 150-pound man, to fight him
seven rounds at catch-weight for purse. The
fight is to take place inside Of two weeks at the
| Athenaum Club Boston. Reagan is but little
more than light weight, and he should not
| fight men who are heavier than himself.
| Here is tip on the American Derby. Matt
| Storms the California trainer, told Chicago
| reporter to back Lucky" Baldwin's stable for
| all he was worth as he was likely to start both
Miss Ford and Goliah. He thinks Miss Ford is
the finest FLY ever foaed in America, not ex
| cepting Molly Mccarthy or anything else. ''She
! can carry weights" said he .'go a distance and
| you place her where and when you please
| saw her run half 10 All seconds. six furlongs
| in El4s, and then run. with her mouth wide
| open, in 1:304, a seven furlong race. She has
never been forced to her best yet, and you viii
| think so before the season closes"
0. H. Smith. the Dakota champion, says thai
| if Patsey Cardiff could stand before John L. Sui
livan Pat Killen could whip the champion with
| ease II have spared with Cardiff, Donaldson
| and all the rest of these Northwestern fighters
but tell you Killen could lick them all in one
| afternoon. / have taken some pretty hard blows
| 10 my time but never anything like those from
Pat Killen. l came to stay five rounds, but
| after the first knew l was done for. Killer
| fights like Sullivan. His object is not to draw
claret, but he is continually reaching for the
neck, which he knows to be vital spot. feel
| good deal like Bradburn at present. and believe
| Killen to be Sullivans successor. Ali these PEG
| pie who think they can fight are welcome to
go with Killen. / owe Killen an apology fo
even thinking could stand before him. Pleas
| say said so.'